Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities
Local authorities are key actors for implementing innovative energy efficiency technologies (retrofitting) to reduce end-use energy demand and consequently reduce negative effects of high energy use such as climate change and public budget deficits. This paper reports the results of a large-scale su...
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| author | Polzin, F Nolden, C von Flotow, P |
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| description | Local authorities are key actors for implementing innovative energy efficiency technologies (retrofitting) to reduce end-use energy demand and consequently reduce negative effects of high energy use such as climate change and public budget deficits. This paper reports the results of a large-scale survey of German municipalities by assessing drivers and barriers for deploying LED street lighting as an example of innovative retrofits. The results indicate that competencies and capacities, transparency of the underlying technology base, and a clear proposition of savings are crucial drivers for municipal retrofitting engagement. Most significant barriers include lack of experience, the tendency to wait for future improvements of innovative energy efficiency technologies, and existing contracts with energy suppliers, manufacturers, or other conventional retrofitting contractors. Investments in municipal competency building (both regarding technologies and procurement) as well as diffusing standard tendering criteria and (public) monitoring of their effectiveness are highly recommended to accelerate the municipal modernization process. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8a699aee-f6b3-44a6-93a0-7d68ef4683d82022-03-26T22:31:24ZDrivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authoritiesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8a699aee-f6b3-44a6-93a0-7d68ef4683d8EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2018Polzin, FNolden, Cvon Flotow, PLocal authorities are key actors for implementing innovative energy efficiency technologies (retrofitting) to reduce end-use energy demand and consequently reduce negative effects of high energy use such as climate change and public budget deficits. This paper reports the results of a large-scale survey of German municipalities by assessing drivers and barriers for deploying LED street lighting as an example of innovative retrofits. The results indicate that competencies and capacities, transparency of the underlying technology base, and a clear proposition of savings are crucial drivers for municipal retrofitting engagement. Most significant barriers include lack of experience, the tendency to wait for future improvements of innovative energy efficiency technologies, and existing contracts with energy suppliers, manufacturers, or other conventional retrofitting contractors. Investments in municipal competency building (both regarding technologies and procurement) as well as diffusing standard tendering criteria and (public) monitoring of their effectiveness are highly recommended to accelerate the municipal modernization process. |
| spellingShingle | Polzin, F Nolden, C von Flotow, P Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title | Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title_full | Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title_fullStr | Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title_short | Drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities – evidence from a large-scale survey of German local authorities |
| title_sort | drivers and barriers for municipal retrofitting activities evidence from a large scale survey of german local authorities |
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